From my college courses and my reading I knew the various names that came at the end of a line of questions or were placed as periods to bafflement: the First Cause, the First Mover, the Life Force, the Universal Mind, the First Principle, the Unmoved Mover, even Providence. I too had used those names in arguing with others, and with myself, trying to explain the world to myself. And now I saw that those names explained nothing. They were of no more use than Evolution or Natural Selection or Nature or The Big Bang of these later days. All such names do is catch us within the length and breadth of our own thoughts and our own bewilderment. Though I knew the temptation of simple reason, to know nothing that can't be proved, still I supposed that those were not the right names.
I imagined that the right name might be Father, and I imagined all that that name would imply: the love, the compassion, the taking offense, the disappointment, the anger, the bearing of wounds, the weeping of tears, the forgiveness, the suffering unto death. If love could force my own thoughts over the edge of the world and out of time, then could I not see how even divine omnipotence might by the force of its own love be swayed down into the world? Could I not see how it might, because it could know its creatures only by compassion, put on mortal flesh, become a man, and walk among us, assume our nature and our fate, suffer our faults and our death?
Yes. I could imagine a Father who is yet like a mother hen spreading her wings before the storm or in the dusk before the dark night for the little ones of Port William to come in under, some of whom do, and some do not. I could imagine Port William riding its humble wave through time under the sky, its little flames of wakefulness lighting and going out, its lives passing through birth, pleasure, sufferning, and death. I could imagine God looking down upon it, its lives living by His spirit, breathing by His breath, knowing by His light, but each life living also (inescapably) by its own will--His own body given to be broken.
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Quite honestly, there are days when I don’t need a God who will deliver me from the pit, just a God who will get down in a pit with me.
Josh RossMake no mistake, sin has been dealt with once for all, and we are as close to Him as we will ever be.
D.R. SilvaMots clés freedom god inspirational-quotes jesus christian-living religion-christianity
The "more" of Christianity is a myth; a deceitful illusion designed to keep you busy and running in circles, always seeking but never finding, always learning but never coming to the knowledge of the Truth—a carrot on a stick, if you will.
D.R. SilvaMots clés inspiration christianity god religion jesus prayer hunger desperation intercession revival
God is not an audiophile demanding the best possible stage sound.
Gangai VictorMots clés christianity god worship worship-leading
Ask the question, receive the answer; don't ask the question, don't receive the answer.
D.R. SilvaMots clés inspirational questions christianity god religion jesus christian
Eddie admitted that some of his life he'd spent hiding from God, and the rest of the time he thought he went unnoticed.
Mitch AlbomWhen Lucifer's arrogance turns to righteousness, the Angels will reunite and the heavens will no longer be fragmented or lost in space.
Alejandro C. EstradaMots clés god
You were not created to come to this earth and say "me too I came to live some". You were create to make a difference!
Israelmore AyivorMots clés life success greatness purpose vision difference god dreams live die earth destiny food-for-thought enjoy-life make-a-difference achieve extra assignment do-something created aim-high dream-big potentials extra-mile israelmore-ayivor live-life-so-well achiever difference-make
No wonder God chose this dark land to send prophets to, for a candle only shines in the dark.
Rami OllaikMots clés god dark land candle prophets
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